€25,750 High Roller
Day 1 Started
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,715,000
Entries
70
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Welcome to the First €25,750 High Roller in Dublin!
It's been a while since the European Poker Tour last visited the Irish capital of Dublin. The stop was a fixture on the schedule for the first four seasons, but has been missing ever since. Now it's back, and it's promising to be a big one. The UKIPT, that preceded the action here, has seen massive fields, and we expect nothing less for the EPT.
PokerNews kicks off its coverage of the 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 stop in Dublin with the €25,750 High Roller. Back in Season 4, when Reuben Peters won the Main Event for €532,620, there was no high roller event, making this is a first.
The tournament starts 12:30 p.m. local time.
Players will start with a stack of 250,000 and blinds of 500/1,000/100 for the first 60-minute level. The entire structure can be viewed here, and a total of eight levels are on the schedule for today, finishing the day around 9:30 p.m. local time. This is a single reentry event, and registration will be open till the start of Day 2.
Qualifiers Galore
The following players have all won their seats to the €25,750 High Roller via yesterday's €3,000 super satellite.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Three More Sign Up
Play will be underway in 15 minutes, and the following three players have already signed up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Play Is Underway
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Three More
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | |
|
250,000 | |
|
|
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|
250,000 | |
Kornuth and Farrell Active Early
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Before the action had gotten underway, Chance Kornuth welcomed EPT Season 12 Malta Main Event champion Niall Farrell at his table with a "how you doing, my friend?" and both players were joking and smiling after having met not long ago at the tables in Melbourne during the 2016 Aussie Millions.
As soon as the first cards were dealt, however, Kornuth put on his sunglasses and became silent. He then raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Farrell called from the big blind. On the flop of 
, Farrell check-called a bet of 2,500. Farrell then folded on the 
turn to a second barrel worth 5,600.
One hand later, Farrell raised to 3,500 from the small blind and claimed Kornuth's big blind and the antes. He then raised on the button the hand after that, but folded to a three-bet from Kornuth, who was in the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
245,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
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Kornuth vs. Frey
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Daniel Dvoress raised to 2,800 from the button, and Kyle Frey defended his big blind with both players checking down the 
board all the way through. Frey showed the 
and the pair of sevens was good enough to scoop the pot.
One hand later, Chance Kornuth raised to 3,000, and Frey three-bet to 11,000 out of the small blind. Kornuth called, and they headed to the flop of 
. Frey continued for 14,500 and Kornuth tossed in the chips to make the call before Frey's next bet was worth 27,500 after the 
fell on the turn. Kornuth asked the dealer to confirm the amount, then made the call.
The 
hit on the river and Frey checked, as did Kornuth. Frey's 
for a busted straight draw ended up second best to the 
of Kornuth, and the latter increased his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
247,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
210,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Gieles Wins a Small One
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Action folded to Luuk Gieles in the small blind, and the Dutch high roller completed the bet. Pratyush Buddiga was in the big blind and bumped it up to 4,000. Gieles called.
Both players checked the 
flop and the 
turn. Gieles tossed a 5,000 chip to the middle after the completed the board, and Buddiga made the call. Buddiga mucked upon seeing Gieles' 
, and Gieles won the pot.